The Animatrix is an animation-based journal written and published by graduate students and alumni from the UCLA School of Film and Television. Each edition contains exclusive interviews with individuals who have made substantial contributions to the field, as well as thought-provoking articles pertaining to animation.
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Each Issue of the Animatrix has a hand-made 'Flipbook Animation' by one of our graduate students at the Animation Workshop.
Featured Interviews
Eric Goldberg
Animator, Film Director and Voice Actor
He is best known for his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Peter De Seve
Artist & Character Designer
An American artist who has designed well-known characters for animated feature films, as well as drawn numerous covers for The New Yorker magazine.
Craig Bartlett
Animator & Director
Animator best known for writing for Rugrats and creating the television series Hey Arnold! and Dinosaur Train.
Joe Murray
Animator & Writer
Animator, writer, and illustrator best known as the creator of the animated series Rocko's Modern Life and Camp Lazlo.
Nina Paley
Animator & Free Culture Activist
Cartoonist, animator and free culture activist. She directed the animated feature film Sita Sings the Blues.
Dan Povenmire
Writer, Director, & Actor
American television director, writer, producer, storyboard artist, and actor associated with several animated television series, best known as the co-creator of the Disney animated series Phineas and Ferb in which he also voices the show's villain, Heinz Doofenshmirtz.
Thorup Van Orman
Writer, Director, & Actor
TV writer, director, cartoonist, producer, animator, storyboard artist, storyboard director, singer and voice actor. He is known for being the creator of the animated series The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, in which he voices the titular character.
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Every year, our MFA cohort puts together a unique publication that features interviews and essays based on research from our extensive resources in UCLA's libraries and archives.
Digital versions of the ANIMATRIX will be available shortly!
We are currently in the process of recovering Animatrix issues from the past as well as finishing our latest publication.